Maker of Prodigy Diabetes Monitoring Systems to Relocate Jobs to United States from Southeast Asia

Technology, Innovation and Automation Providing 40% Reduction in Costs
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(Business Wire)--
The distributor of Prodigy Blood Glucose Monitoring Systems, and the leading
provider of audible blood glucose meters, has announced the relocation of
manufacturing operations from Southeast Asia to Charlotte, North Carolina.

"At a time when the economy is driving many U.S. companies to overseas
production, we are taking a stand to reverse that trend and bring these jobs
back to the United States," said Rick Admani Abulhaj, chief operating officer
for Diagnostic Devices, Inc., the distributor of the Prodigy product line. "We
are proving that domestic manufacturing can be less expensive than overseas
production due to cutting-edge technologies, high-tech automation and
significantly enhanced quality controls. Most importantly, this move creates
jobs and wealth in our own backyards where we need it most."

During the next 18 months, the Prodigy brand will transfer manufacturing jobs
from Southeast Asia to its 44,600-square-foot-manufacturing-and-distribution
facility in Charlotte. The move will create more than 100 jobs for the Charlotte
region that will consist primarily of high-tech, full-time positions.

"No other businesses I know of are doing this," Abulhaj said. "By using
innovation, automation and science, we`ve created a win-win. For years, our
business model concentrated on low-tech medical devices that previously required
a large-scale labor force to manufacture, and we had no choice but to move some
operations to Southeast Asia to remain competitive. But now we are able to do
the reverse. By utilizing science, technology and automation, we are bringing
those jobs back to the U.S. while lowering our costs by 40 percent. This is an
exciting time for our business, to provide jobs here in America and to the
benefit of our community."

By relocating these jobs to the U.S., after 18 years of manufacturing experience
in Southeast Asia, the company will have complete control of its intellectual
property and oversight of quality control.

"We now will have complete control over our business and industry, while
benefiting our community by creating jobs right here," Abulhaj said.

Prodigy Meters` growth has been rapid during the past two years, increasing more
than 1,200 percent.

ABOUT PRODIGY GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEM

Prodigy Meters are distributed by a privately owned company headquartered in
Charlotte, NC, that develops, manufactures and markets technology-based diabetes
products, with a focus on audible blood-glucose meters. The Prodigy product line
offers "talking" meters especially beneficial to the sight-impaired diabetic
market. The Prodigy Voice is the only meter for blind or low-vision diabetes
patients to earn awards from both the National Federation of the Blindand
theAmerican Foundation for the Blind. More information on Prodigy can be found
at www.prodigymeter.com

Prodigy Meters
Dari Hayes, 972-387-5577
Dari@AdCeteraInc.com

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